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EU sets targets of 40% carbon cut and 27% share of renewables by 2030
2014-01-22 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Of course we remain committed to 2C goal [of keeping temperature rises below 2C above pre-industrial levels]. If now, EU adopted zero emissions for 2030, unfortunately that would not solve the problem. Tomorrow I will be in Davos with Ban Ki-moon, announcing some of these proposals. I will be so happy if some of our partners will be making something comparable, that would help solve the problem. With 40%, we are shaping the debate, while some other partners are, I'm sad to say, backtracking. They...
Renewables firms 'looking to hire'
2014-01-14 01:41:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
More than half of firms in the renewable energy sector in Scotland are looking to hire more staff this year, according to a survey.
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DOE pulls grant funding from BlueFire Renewables cellulosic biofuels plant
2014-01-03 00:30:18| Green Car Congress
EU launches probe over German renewables law: draft letter
2013-12-13 17:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European Commission is opening an investigation into the discounts German industries get on renewable energy surcharges, according to a draft letter sent to Berlin, which could lead to higher costs for thousands of firms in Europe's biggest economy. Germany collects surcharges from power consumers to help fund operators of wind and solar power plants. Heavy electricity users such as cement, steel and chemical plants are exempt from the surcharge to keep them from being priced out of the global...
In South Africa, Renewables Vie
2013-12-12 08:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Africa is often portrayed as a victim of climate change, a continent that emits little carbon yet stands to suffer the effects of the developed worlds pollution. This view only holds if one excludes South Africa, the continents richest country and the worlds sixth-largest coal exporter, seventh-largest coal producer, and thirteenth-largest CO2 emitter, with per-capita emissions twice the global average. Ninety-four percent of the countrys RBCT South Africa's coal export terminal at Richards Bay...
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